person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
just one person; only one
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
remaining years (of an old person's life)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
(a) Buddha; deceased person
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
society; the world; the times
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
reality; actuality; hard fact
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
reaching; attaining; arrival